Trends are cyclical, us pack rats know that. The time in between appearances varies though. Acid wash took 20 years to come back, but distressing is back after a short vacation, a long weekend. Seems like just yesterday (it's been three years actually), everyone was pining for those jeans Kate Hudson was wearing: the True Religion Joey Destroyed. People went so ventilation crazy that fraying went zero to mainstream in less than 60 seconds. To distance themselves from the masses, the fashion savvy vacated and adopted clean, dark washes.

Of course, now that dark denim is everywhere, distressing is boomeranging back for an encore run as a cool fashion statement. If you want to be different, pick up a pair of distressed denim. Can't believe we just said that, but it's true for now. Ksubi, True Religion and Diesel are answering the distress call this spring.

(left to right: True Religion Danny Bootcut Jeans in Motor Pyscho Medium , True Religion Billy Big T Bootcut Jeans in Wasteland , Diesel Safado Slim Straight Leg Jeans in The Deep Experiment , Diesel Viker Straight Leg Jeans in The First Class DNA)

(left to right: True Religion Joey Flare Jeans in Zuma Medium , Ksubi Mac (R) Slim Straight Jeans in Soul Discharge)